Iron Road, an Australian exploration and mining development company, is proposing to develop their CEIP mining and infrastructure project centered on a large magnetite deposit at Warramboo, 25 km south of Wudinna on central Eyre Peninsula (see Figure 1).

potential impacts on Southern Right whales from shipping movements in the Spencer Gulf.

The formal lodgement by Iron Road of the mining proposal (MP) and environmental impact statement (EIS) initiated the South Australian Government processes under the Mining Act, Development Act and Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPCB) Act.

The South Australian Government's statutory consultation process commenced on 19 November 2015 and concluded on 2 February 2016 resulting in 105 submissions being received.

Following acceptance of the response document, Government initiated the comprehensive technical assessment of each application, including information provided in the initial proposals, public submissions, and the response document.

On 3 May 2017, after detailed assessment by technical experts working for and within the South Australian Government, the delegate for the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy and the Governor formally approved, with conditions, the following developments:

Under Commonwealth Law, the decision on actions which may impact Matters of National Environmental Significance is carried out by the Minister for the Environment and Energy or his delegate. This process is still being undertaken and a decision is expected within the next 6 weeks.